Whiffletree-hook.



UNITED STATES- PATENT FFICE.

CHARLES SIIERI i-AN GRINDELL, OF'CLAIBORNE, GHIO. I.

WHlFLETREE-HOOK. l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 710,573, dated October 7, 190i f l I Application Sled Febuary 17, 1 902. Serial lo. 94,479. me model- To all whom it may concern:

Be tknown that LCHARLES SHERMAN GRIN DELL, a citizen of the United States,'resding at Claiborne,in the county of Union and State 5 of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Whifletree-Ilooks; and I deherehydeclare the fol! wing te he a fall, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the artboth directions, so that the trace may be easily and quickly slipped on or off. z5 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of one end of a whiletree and the holder attached thereto with the trace shown in section. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the action of the catch when the trace i I 3o is being attached or detached. Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the whiilletree is indicated at 6, having a slot 7, through which the elbow of the spring-catch 35 Works. The catch is preferably formed of stout Wire, one end of which is attached to the tree by being driven therein, as at 8. At this end of the wire a coil 9 is formed to give elasticity. Thence the wire extends out- 4o wardly along the tree to the slot, Where it is bent, as at 10, to pass therethrough and to form an inclined portion 11, extending nor-Y mally above or beyond the top of the whitnetree to a bend 12, whence the wire terminates in an oppositely-inclined portion 13, the end 45 oi which extends within but not through the slot. The trace isjndcated at 14.

The operation of the device is obvious. To

attach the trace, It Isv slipped onto the end 'of f the tree and pushed against the incline 13, 5o which forces the catch down, as shown in Fig. 2,allowing the trace to pass the elbow and against the incline 11 to the position shown in Fig. 1. operation is reversed. ated by the trace, and it is not necessary to operate the same by hand to slip the trace on Y 3 or off. Y

What I claim is- --f'r ,A u

I. The combinata with a netted meer sq a spring attached to one side of the tree and c having an inclined trace-holding portionl extending throngh'the slot and yieldingiy beyoud the other side of the tree.

- 2. The' combination Wi h a slotted tree, of 65 a spring attached to one side of the tree and I having a double-inclined retaining-eibow extending through tlIe slot and yieldingly beyond the other side of the tree. Y

3. The combination with a Slotted tree, of 7o a spring-wire attached at its inner end to the tree,bent to form an elbow extendingthrough the slot and yieldingly beyond the other side of the tree, and terminating in a free outer end normally within the slot. 75 In testimony whereof I affix my signatureV in presence of two witnesses.'

CHARLES SHERMAN G RISDBIJ.

To detach the trace, the l The spring is oper 55 

